2020 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team

2020 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball
Conference	Conference USA
Record	10-6 (0-0 C-USA)
Head coach	John McCormack
Home stadium	FAU Baseball Stadium
Seasons ← 2019 2021  →

2020 Conference USA baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			12	–	4	–	0		.750
Southern Miss  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			12	–	4	–	0		.750
FIU  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			10	–	5	–	0		.667
Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			11	–	6	–	0		.647
Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			10	–	6	–	0		.625
Western Kentucky  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			10	–	6	–	0		.625
UTSA  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			10	–	7	–	0		.588
Charlotte  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			9	–	8	–	0		.529
UAB  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			7	–	9	–	0		.438
Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			7	–	10	–	0		.412
Marshall  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			4	–	10	–	1		.300
Rice  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			2	–	14	–	0		.125
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of March 16, 2020 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2020 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team represented Florida Atlantic University in the sport of baseball for the 2020 college baseball season. The Owls competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Conference USA. They played their home games at FAU Baseball Stadium, on the university's Boca Raton, Florida, campus. The team was coached by John McCormack, who was in his eleventh season at Florida Atlantic. On March 16, 2020, the Conference USA announced that all spring sport competition and championships, including baseball, have been cancelled. ^[2]

Previous season

The 2019 Owls finished 41–21 overall, and 22–8 in the conference. They lost in the Athens Regional during the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Preseason

C-USA media poll

The Conference USA pre poll was released on January 29, 2020 with the Owls predicted to finish in second place. ^[3]

Media poll
Predicted finish	Team	1st Place Votes
1	Southern Miss	6
2	Florida Atlantic	4
3	Louisiana Tech	-
4	Old Dominion	-
5	Rice	1
6	FIU	1
7	WKU	-
8	UAB	-
9	UTSA	-
10	Marshall	-
11	Charlotte	-
12	Middle Tennessee	-

Schedule and results

2020 Florida Atlantic Owls Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record February 14 Delaware No. 40 FAU Baseball Stadium Boca Raton, FL 8–4 Reese (1–0) Ludman (0–1) None 787 1–0 0-0 February 15 Delaware No. 40 FAU Baseball Stadium 9–5 Kostantis (1–0) Silan (0–1) None 718 2–0 0-0 February 16 Delaware No. 40 FAU Baseball Stadium 8-25 [a] Ireson (1–0) Wakeley (0–1) None 532 3–0 0-0 February 18 Florida Gulf Coast FAU Baseball Stadium 6–4 Entenza (1–0) T. Shuck (0–2) Hartigan (1) 620 4–0 0-0 February 21 Binghamton FAU Baseball Stadium 9–8 Entenza (2–0) DiRado (0–1) None 534 5–0 0-0 February 22 Binghamton FAU Baseball Stadium Postponed (rain)Makeup: February 23 as a doubleheader [4] February 23 (1) Binghamton FAU Baseball Stadium 9–4 Reese (2–0) Satriale (0–1) None 598 6–0 0-0 February 23 (2) Binghamton FAU Baseball Stadium 11–4 Visconti (1–0) Kopcza (0–1) None 598 7–0 0-0 February 28 No. 5 Texas Tech Dick Howser Stadium Tallahassee, FL 1–7 Brustoski (1–0) Reese (2–1) None 4,249 7–1 0-0 February 28 No. 9 Florida State Dick Howser Stadium 1–5 Van Eyk (1–0) Josey (0–1) None 4,249 7–2 0-0 February 29 No. 9 Florida State Dick Howser Stadium 6–16 Anderson (1–0) Waterbor (0–1) Ahearn (1) 5,443 7–3 0-0 : ^[a] Shortened due to rain
March Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record March 3 No. 1 Florida FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches West Palm Beach, FL 3–7 Luethje (2–0) DeGusipe (0–1) None 1,984 7–4 0-0 March 4 No. 7 Miami (FL) FAU Baseball Stadium 11–2 Cooley (1–0) McFarlane (1–2) None 1,166 8–4 0-0 March 6 Northeastern FAU Baseball Stadium 4–2 Josey (1–1) Murphy (2–2) Hartigan (2) 501 9–4 0-0 March 7 Northeastern FAU Baseball Stadium 7–10 Jacobsak (2–1) Reese (2–2) Dufault (3) 551 9–5 0-0 March 8 Northeastern FAU Baseball Stadium 1–6 Keane (3–1) Visconti (1–1) None 464 9–6 0-0 March 10 Penn FAU Baseball Stadium 5–0 Entenza (3–0) Shoemaker (0–1) None 549 10–6 0-0 March 11 Penn FAU Baseball Stadium Cancelled [5] March 13 Old Dominion Bud Metheny Baseball Complex Norfolk, VA Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) [6] March 14 Old Dominion Bud Metheny Baseball Complex March 15 Old Dominion Bud Metheny Baseball Complex March 18 Marist FAU Baseball Stadium March 20 UAB FAU Baseball Stadium March 21 UAB FAU Baseball Stadium March 22 UAB FAU Baseball Stadium March 24 Miami (FL) Alex Rodriguez Park Coral Gables, FL March 27 Louisiana Tech J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park Ruston, LA March 28 Louisiana Tech J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park March 29 Louisiana Tech J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park March 31 UCF John Euliano Park Orlando, FL
April Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record April 3 Southern Miss FAU Baseball Stadium Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) April 4 Southern Miss FAU Baseball Stadium April 5 Southern Miss FAU Baseball Stadium April 7 UCF FAU Baseball Stadium April 9 Middle Tennessee Reese Smith Jr. Field Murfreesboro, TN April 10 Middle Tennessee Reese Smith Jr. Field April 11 Middle Tennessee Reese Smith Jr. Field April 15 Miami (FL) Alex Rodriguez Park April 17 WKU FAU Baseball Stadium April 18 WKU FAU Baseball Stadium April 19 WKU FAU Baseball Stadium April 21 Florida McKethan Stadium Gainesville, FL April 24 FIU Infinity Insurance Park Miami, FL April 25 FIU Infinity Insurance Park April 26 FIU Infinity Insurance Park April 28 Bethune–Cookman FAU Baseball Stadium
May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record May 1 UTSA FAU Baseball Stadium Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) May 2 UTSA FAU Baseball Stadium May 3 UTSA FAU Baseball Stadium May 5 Florida Gulf Coast Swanson Stadium Fort Myers, FL May 8 Rice Reckling Park Houston, TX May 9 Rice Reckling Park May 10 Rice Reckling Park May 14 Charlotte FAU Baseball Stadium May 15 Charlotte FAU Baseball Stadium May 16 Charlotte FAU Baseball Stadium
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Cancelled Bold = Florida Atlantic team member

Schedule source: ^[7]

Roster

2020 Florida Atlantic Owls roster
	Pitchers 2 - Jacob Josey - Sophomore 12 - Corey Ireson - Junior 14 - Zach Asnes - Junior 15 - Brycen Allen - Junior 16 - Adrien Reese - Junior 18 - Hunter Cooley - Sophomore 21 - Jon Jon Kostantis - Sophomore 22 - Jackson Vescelus - Junior 26 - Jack Stroud - Freshman 27 - Dylan O'Connell - Junior 29 - Evan Waterbor - Sophomore 30 - Michael Schuler - Sophomore 31 - Dylan Carter - Senior 34 - Ryan Sandberg - Junior 35 - Mike Entenza - Junior 37 - Dante Visconti - Freshman 38 - Matt Sparling - Junior 40 - Ethan Kramer - Freshman 41 - Marc DeGusipe - Freshman		Catchers 25 - Tucker Mitchell - Freshman 33 - Nicolas Toney - Sophomore Infielders 1 - Cade Parker - Freshman 4 - Wilfredo Alvarez - Senior 5 - Garrett Evans - Freshman 6 - Francisco Urbaez - Senior 7 - Alex Arauz - Junior 8 - Andru Summerall - Junior 9 - B.J. Murray - Sophomore 13 - Steven Loden - Freshman 19 - Jared DeSantolo - Junior		Outfielders 10 - Bobby Morgensen - Senior 11 - Jackson Wenstrom - Junior 17 - Charlie Concannon - Graduate Student 23 - Victor Castillo - Freshman 24 - Mitchell Hartigan - Sophomore

Coaching staff

Coaching Staff
John McCormack - Head Coach - 12th year Greg Mamula - Hitting Coach - 5th year David Kopp - Pitching Coach - 3rd year Tristan McGinnis - Volunteer Assistant Coach - 1st year Gunnar Lambert - Graduate Manager - 1st year

Rankings

Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	Final
Coaches' [8]	RV	RV*		—	—	—
Baseball America [9]	—	—	—	—	—	—
Collegiate Baseball^ [10]	40	—	—	—	—	—
NCBWA† [11]	RV	RV	RV	RV	—	—
D1Baseball [12]	—	—	—	—	—	—

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Awards

Weekly awards Player Award Date awarded Ref. Mitchell Hartigan C-USA Co-Hitter of the Week February 24, 2020 [13]

References

1. "Conference USA baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball.
2. "Conference USA Cancels Spring Sport Competition". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. March 16, 2020.
3. "BASE: 2020 Preseason Awards".
4. "Baseball's Saturday Game Postponed; Rescheduled as Part of Sunday Doubleheader". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. February 22, 2020.
5. "Baseball's Finale against Penn Canceled". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. March 11, 2020.
6. "Competition Has Been Suspended". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. March 12, 2020.
7. "Baseball Unveils 2020 Schedule" (Press release). Florida Atlantic University Athletics. November 26, 2019.
8. Baseball Coaches Poll
9. Baseball America College: Top 25
10. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
11. NCBWA Division I poll
12. D1 Baseball
13. "Baseball's Hartigan Earns C-USA Weekly Honor". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. February 24, 2020.